Browsing Institutt for psykisk helse by Journals "BMC Psychology"
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Adapting World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 for Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Disability is a vital public health issue for health care programs. Affluent countries usually prioritize disability-related research, while often it remains neglected in resource-poor countries like Nepal. The ... -
Growing up HIV-positive in Uganda: "psychological immunodeficiency"? A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: This study is part of a longitudinal study among children and adolescents with HIV in both urban and rural Uganda: ‘Mental health among HIV infected CHildren and Adolescents in KAmpala and Masaka, Uganda (CHAKA)’. ... -
Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995–2019: The HUNT studies, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Symptoms of depression and anxiety are common in adults with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes mellitus (DM). The literature on depression and anxiety in CVDs and DM populations is extensive; however, ... -
Processing speed and working memory are predicted by components of successful aging: a HUNT study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Research has demonstrated that cognitive heterogeneity occurs with aging both within and between individuals. The purpose of this study was to explore whether the cognitive heterogeneity in aging was related to ... -
Psychometric properties of the Brief Problem Monitor (BPM) in children with internalizing symptoms: examining baseline data from a national randomized controlled intervention study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Prevention is essential to reduce the development of symptomology among children and adolescents into disorders, thereby improving public health and reducing costs. Therefore, easily administered screening and ... -
Psychometric properties of the Inventory of Life Quality in children and adolescents in Norwegian Sign Language
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Several studies have assessed the Quality of Life (QoL) in Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and adolescents. The findings from these studies, however, vary from DHH children reporting lower QoL than their ... -
School functioning and internalizing problems in young schoolchildren
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Symptoms of anxiety and depression are common mental health problems in children and are often referred to as internalizing symptoms. Youth with such symptoms are at greater risk for poor academic achievement, ... -
Study progress, recreational activities, and loneliness in young adult carers: a national student survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Young adults (18–25 years) with informal care responsibilities have received limited attention in the research literature, and little is known on how caring responsibilities are related to functioning across ... -
Study Protocol of a factorial trial ECHO: Optimizing a group-based school intervention for children with emotional problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Youth mental health problems are a major public health concern. Anxiety and depression are among the most common psychological difficulties. The aim of this study is to evaluate an optimized version of a promising ... -
Subjective working memory predicts objective memory in cognitively normal aging: a HUNT study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Recent studies have shown that subjective memory is multi-, rather than uni-dimensional, in line with the results of objective memory tests. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is an ...